Huldah Prescott

  General Notes:

Note for: Huldah Prescott, 14 Nov 1738 - 11 Apr 1823 Index
Individual Note:
Richard Watson Musgrove History of the town of Bristol, Grafton County, New Hampshire R. W. Musgrove,1904 , Bristol, N.H. page 426..

BIRTH: MARRIAGE:DEATH:Tilton, Francis Theodore, THE HISTORY OF THE TILTON
FAMILY IN AMERICA, New Jersey:1939-40.

INFORMATION: Descendants of William Tilton Of Lynn Mas. Through The Lineof
His Son Daniel Tilton, Barbara B. Marden, Reprinted from The EssexGenealogist p 21,96

BIRTH: The Compendium of American Genealogy,Fredrick Virkus, Vol IV,1930,
Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, 1987. pg 145.

BIRTH: New Hampshire Family Records Vol II, Willliam Copeley, Heritagebooks
inc, pg 705-07

HISTORY: Jones, William H, William Tilton: His English Origins and SomeAmerican Descendant s, Haritage Books Inc, Maryland, (1997) pg 131

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume108
page 9899
Mrs. Lora Edith Brown Courser.
DAR ID Number: 107290
Born in Bristol, N. H.
Wife of Fred William Courser.
Descendant of Sherburne Tilton, Corp. Joshua French, Sergt. StephenWebster, Stephen Webster , Jr., Samuel Heath, Corp. Daniel Morse, DanielSanborn, Benjamin Prescott, John Mitchell, Jo seph Fellows, BenjaminFellows, Ebenezer Clifford, Jonathan Brown, John Hoyt and Jonathan Collins, as follows:
1. Curtis Brown (1847-71) m. 1866 Lucy A. Tilton (b. 1845).
2. Richard Brown (1807-96) m. 1831 Mary Cynthia Mitchell (1809-81); IsaacClifford Tilton (18 08-85) m. 1833 Lydia Jane Heath (1812-81).
3. Daniel Brown (1771-1860) m. 1790 Elizabeth French (1774-1832);Jonathan Tilton (1779-1870 ) m. Sally Clifford (1783-1833); Samuel Heath(1785-1874) m. 1811 Margaret Fellows (1793-1856 ); Charles Mitchell(1770-1846) m. 1796 Margaret Morse (1775-1851).
4. Jonathan Brown m. 1769 Anna Sanborn (1750-99); Benjamin Fellows m.1790 Mary Blaisdell (17 68-1800); Ebenezer Clifford m. Rhoda Elliott;Sherburne Tilton m. Hulda Prescott (1735-1823) ; Joshua French m. 1771Elizabeth Collins (1754-84); Samuel Heath m. 1782 Sarah Webster (1763-1839); Daniel Morse m. 1766 Miriam Hoyt (1746-1812); John Mitchell m.1767 Lydia Johnson (d . 1807).
[p.98] 5. Stephen Webster, Jr., m. 1762 Hannah Dolbin; Daniel Sanborn m.1st 1748 Anna Tilto n (d. 1759); Benjamin Prescott m. 1st Robie Sanborn;Joseph Fellows m. 1754 Margaret Webster ; John Hoyt m. 1st 1745 MerriamCurrier (1728-87); Jonathan Collins m. 1751 Elizabeth Prescot t (b. 1733).
6. Stephen Webster m. Rachel Stevens (d. 1754).
Sherburne Tilton (1735-1813) served 1776 as private in Capt. DavidQuimby's company, Colone l Wingate's regiment, New Hampshire troops. Hewas born in Kensington, N. H.; died in Wheeloc k, Vt.
Joshua French (1752-83) served as corporal in Capt. Philip Tilton'scompany, Col. Enoch Poor' s regiment, 1775. He was born in Kingston, N. H.
Stephen Webster (1717-98) was chairman of the Committee of Safety ofPlymouth, N. H., 1777. H e was born in Candia, N. Y.; died in Plymouth,N. H.
Stephen Webster, Jr. (1741-88) served as sergeant in the New Hampshiretroops from Plymouth.
Samuel Heath (1754-1833) received a pension in Grafton County, N. H., forservice as privat e in Massachusetts and New Hampshire troops, 1775-78.He was born in Plaistow; died in Bristo l, N. H.
Daniel Morse (1745-1826) served as corporal in Capt. Samuel Johnson'scompany, 1777. He was b orn in Newbury, Mass.; died in Bridgewater, N. H.
Daniel Sanborn (1728-1812) served as private in Capt. Simon Marston'scompany, Col. Joseph Se nter's regiment, New Hampshire troops.
Benjamin Prescott (1708-89) was a member of the Committee of Safety;signed the Association T est, 1776. He was born in Kensington, N. H.;died in Winthrop, Maine.
John Mitchell (1744-1816) was a member of the Committee of Safety, 1777.He was born in Londo nderry; died in Bridgewater, N. H.
Joseph Fellows (1729-1811) served in Capt. James Osgood's company,Colonel Bedel's regiment o f New Hampshire militia. He was born inSalisbury, Mass.; died in Andover, N. H.
Also No. 103929.
Benjamin Fellows was a private in the Continental Army from Newburyport,Mass. He was born i n Kingston, N. H.
Ebenezer Clifford (1746-1833) signed the Association Test of Salisbury,N. H., 1776. He was b orn in Kensington; died in Alexandria, N. H.
Jonathan Brown (1746-1829) was a signer of the Association Test ofCandia, N. H.
[p.99] John Hoyt (1720-1807) was captain of Massachusetts militia. He wasborn and died in Am esbury, Mass.
Jonathan Collins signed the Association Test. He was born in Kingston, N.H.

Sherburu Tilton, son of Sherbufn, was b. in Kensington, July 31, 1735. Papers left by the late Otllin Sleeper state that he was with Gen. Wolfe, at the seige of Quebec. In July, 1776, he enlisted in Capt. David Quimby's company, of Col. Josiah Bartlett's regiment, raised for the invasion of Canada ; and in 1777, he marched from Sandown in Capt. Robert Collins's company to join the Northern army at Saratoga. He m. Huldah Prescott, b. Kensington, Nov. 14, 1738. and settled in Sandown. About 1780 they removed to Bristol and he built a log cabin on east side of South Main street, where later stood a hotel and where now is Frank W. Bingham's harness shop. He bought of John Tolford the mill lot, No. 61, First Division, and operated the saw-mill and grist-mill where is now the Train-Smith company pulp-mill. In May, 1794, he sold to Moses Lewis and removed to what has later been known as the Chase farm on north side of Hemp hill, where he had a potash. Later he removed to Wheelock, Vt., where he d. Sept. 20, 1813, ae. 78- 1-19. She d. St. Albans, Vt., Apr. 11, 1823, ae. 84-4-27.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Marriage, 1760, Sandown Roch N.H.

Huldah married Sherburne Tilton # 2, son of Sherburne Tilton and Anne Hilliard, in 1760 in Grafton NH. (Sherburne Tilton # 2 was born on 20 Jul 1735 in Kensington Rockingham N.H, died on 20 Sep 1813 in Wheel Lock Caledonia V.T. and was buried Old Cemetery in Kensington Rockingham N.H, Find A Grave #83375201.)